Flash drive formatted, but doesn't work anymore!

hi
I just formatted my flash in Mac-OS leopard (using utilities). But it's not detected anymore by the same mac. When i tried to use it windows, an icon appears in 'my computer', but its not accessible. It says 'Please insert a disc in the empty drive'! I used 'write zero in all....' option in Utilities/erase. Some please help me out.

Hi Ajay, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Insert the drive in your MBP and open Disk Utility. Does it show up there? If so, try formatting it again, this time without zeroing. Sounds like you want to use it on a PC too, so choose DOS.
If the drive doesn't show up in DU, try restarting the MBP. If still no luck, try PRAM Reset.

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